Filmfare Awards 2010 Winners

Annual Filmfare Awards honoring Bollywood movies released between 2009-10. It took place on the 27th of February, 2010 from 9PM IST onwards at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.
3 Idiots have won most of the popular choice awards, followed by Firaaq, Dev D and Paa at the 55th Idea Filmfare awards.
Amitabh Bachchan got the Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) Award for the movie Paa, as he was not present, Vidya Balan received the award. Best Actor in Leading Role (Female) award went to Vidya Balan for Paa.
Following is the list of the winners of the 2010 Filmfare Awards.

Hundreds of thousands of women carrying bricks, firewood, rice, jaggery and coconut have converged around the Attukal Bhagavathi temple here for a mega festival known as pongala Sunday. Authorities expect the crowd to exceed last year's three million.

The women devotees from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu will make a cooked rice offering to the presiding deity on pongala.

Only those who came three days ago have managed to bag a place near the temple, dedicated to Attukal Bhagavathi, believed to be an incarnation of Kannaki, the central character of the Tamil epic 'Silappathikaaram'.

According to temple officials, all arrangements are in place for the festival and this time the crowd is expected to be bigger than last year.

'We have made all arrangements for the smooth conduct of the festival. Security arrangements are also in place with closed circuit TV and extra police force. The sanitation facilities are also ready,' said temple trust chairman R. Ravindran Nair.

The offering is made on the penultimate day of the 10-day-long Attukal Pongala festival, which is often referred to as the equivalent of the Sabarimala pilgrimage for women.

The women devotees cook the rice offering by sitting on either side of the roads that lead to the temple. They light their stoves after the chief priest lights the main stove in the temple compound at about 10.30 a.m.

About 20 sq km area around the temple is occupied by the women devotees to cook their offering.

The Guinness Book of Records listed the festival as the world's largest annual gathering of women in 1997, when 1.5 million devotees converged here Feb 23.

According to reports, Tendulkar purchased Dorab Villa from its owners, the Satra Group, for around Rs 35 crore.

Dorab Villa was built in the 1920s and originally occupied by a Parsi family — the Wardens. It is a one storey structure, measuring around 9,000 square feet, but the property is spread over around 10,000 square feet.

Tendulkar spent all of his growing up years at Sahitya Sahawas in Bandra East before shifting to the plush La Mer building in Bandra West in 2001.

THE MOMENT: India's Sachin Tendulkar looks skyward after becoming the first player score an ODI double century.

BREAKING NEWS: Sachin Tendulkar scored one-day international cricket's first double century to set up a 153-run win and a series victory for India over South Africa today. Tendulkar, who opens in one-dayers, smashed 200 not out off 147 balls to help India post 401-3 and take a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. South Africa were bowled out for 248 with AB de Villiers hitting a defiant 114 not out in the day-night match at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior. Tendulkar hit 25 fours and three sixes in a spectacular innings that combined power, timing and enthusiasm with stunning strokeplay. The 36-year-old batsman reached 200 with a single off Charl Langeveldt in the final over and the capacity crowd erupted in joy as Tendulkar looked skyward, kissed the crest of his helmet and raised his bat. India lost opener Virender Sehwag for nine to left-arm seamer Wayne Parnell but Tendulkar, who extended his record number of one-day centuries to 46, proceeded to put on 194 for the second wicket with Dinesh Karthik (79). Tendulkar reached his 100 with a single and moved to 150 with a four off Parnell as he took complete control of the attack after hitting a century in each of the two tests against South Africa in the drawn test series earlier this month. Tendulkar holds the record for most runs in tests (13,447) and ODIs (17,598) and most centuries in tests (47) and ODIs. Tendulkar put on 81 for the third wicket with Yusuf Pathan (36) and 101 for the unbroken fourth with Mahendra Singh Dhoni who blasted 68 off 35 balls with seven fours and four sixes at the stadium, which has short boundary lines. Tendulkar moved past the previous record score of 194 jointly held by Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry with a two off Parnell before recording the first double century since one-dayers were first played in 1971 and hugging Dhoni. AB de Villiers hit his fifth ODI hundred but South Africa did not quite recover after losing their first four wickets for 83 to Indian seamers. India won the first match by one run on Sunday and the final match will be played in Ahmedabad on Saturday.India's Sachin Tendulkar broke the world record for the highest individual score in one-day internationals early today (NZ time). Tendulkar achieved the feat when he reached 195 in the second one-dayer against South Africa. Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry had jointly held the record with 194. Anwar made that score against India in May 1997 while Coventry hit 194 not out against Bangladesh last year. vpost : 07

Amitabh Bachchan seems to have stepped on his own foot. The Bollywood legend's decision to become the brand ambassador of Narendra Modi's Gujarat has drawn flak from different quarters.

And now danseuse and social activist Mallika Sarabhai has sent a letter ( full text on right) to Bachchan, asking him what prompted him to become the brand ambassador of a state which is reeling under poverty and has witnessed the killings of innocent Muslims.

In her letter, Sarabhai has reeled off statistics to show the state Gujarat is in today.

Sarabhai claimed that the state has a huge debt of close to Rs 1 lakh crore.

She also stated that over 75,000 small and medium businesses have shut shop while the state went into an overdrive to dole out subsidies to rich industrial houses.

Sarabhai's words found an echo in social activist Teesta Setalvad.

"Bachchan is not the brand ambassador of Gujarat. He is the brand ambassador for Modi who gave his film Paa tax concessions to the tune of Rs 8-10 crore," Setalvad said.

She claimed that Modi is trying to go in for an image makeover after the Supreme Court directed investigation agencies to question him for mass murder.

"That needs to be put on the forefront, not wiped under the carpet. It is good that Mallika has brought out these statistics about Gujarat. It is the ground reality," she said.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Brett Lee, one of the fastest bowlers of the modern era, announced his retirement from test cricket on Wednesday with the aim of extending his international career in shorter forms of the game.

The 33-year-old Lee made his debut in 1999 and racked up 310 wickets at 30.81 in 76 tests, the fourth highest Australian wicket-taker of all time behind Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Dennis Lillee.

"It's not the finish or the end of me. I do have a lot more cricket left in me. Test cricket has to go in order to prolong my one-day cricket for Australia," he told a media conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Lee played his last test for his country against South Africa in late 2008 and has since struggled with foot, side and ankle injuries, with the side strain robbing him of the chance to take part in last year's Ashes series against England.

Bangalore: When the first flashes came on Kannada TV channels of a fire in the seven-storey office and commercial complex in Bangalore central business district, not many viewers thought it would end in nine deaths.

"I thought the channels were making it big because of the visuals they were getting. At first, it appeared that many people in the upper floors of the complex were simply looking out," said K. Vanajakshi, a housewife.

"But I was shocked when they started telecasting visuals caught on mobiles showing some jumping out in panic and others using bare hands to break the glass panels for fresh air," she said.

That was around 5.30 p.m. and she sat glued to the TV for the next three hours, switching channels to catch the latest till the doctors at the Manipal Hospital, to where the dead and the injured were rushed, confirmed nine deaths and 60 injuries.

Similar was the case in hundreds of houses and offices across the state as the dimension of the worst fire tragedy in the state in over a decade started unravelling with more dramatic visuals caught on cells making it to the channels.

Director Ram Gopal Varma seems to have a lot of faith in Phoonk 2, to the extent that's he's ready to hand out a cash prize of Rs 5 lakhs to anyone brave enough to watch his latest.

The contest claims to award the winner if he/she dares to watch the movie all alone in a cinema hall. Phoonk makers claim the last man who tried watching the first movie didn't even last 30 minutes.
The challenge, however, ran into scandal when many claimed the first wasn't scary at all, with some even alleging the scare contest was rigged.
But the team behind Phoonk 2 refuses to back down, and have taken the second version of the challenge to a whole new level.
"For Phoonk 2, we are adopting a very scientific method. The contestant will be fitted with an ECG machine while Phoonk 2 plays. The machine will monitor his heartbeat and pulse rate and this will be shown live on a screen outside the theatre to both the media and all concerned," revealed a press release.
Visit http://www.phoonk2.in/ for further details.

A small plane crashed into the seven-story commercial building in Austin Texas on Thursday morning, engulfing the entire front half of the seven-story building in flames.
Investigators are now looking into the cause of the Austin plane crash that left at least two people hospitalized and others still unaccounted for.

The Echelon building is located in Austin, Fire smoke is now visible for a mile away reports Austin-Travis County EMS Assistant Director James Shamard. The building is located at 9430 Research Blvd, Austin, Texas.

A Joe Stack statement has surfaced online, allegedly a suicide note by the pilot of the Austin plane crash today.

Local newspaper The Austin Statesman tweeted a link to the statement as an “Internet note left by Joe Stack, the man linked to today’s plane crash.”

India thrashed South Africa by an innings and 58 runs to retain the No.1 position in Test rankings. With the victory, India ended Australia's seven-year run at the top of the Test rankings as they will finish as the numero uno Test team this year (2009-10) after their emphatic victory against South Africa at Eden Gardens here Thursday.

It is the first time India have topped the table at the annual cut-off date (April 1) since the rankings were introduced in June 2003. It has been a steady climb by the Indian team as they were ranked sixth in 2004. They were placed third in 2005 and 2006 and finished second last year.

India are at 124 ratings points while South Africa stayed second with 120 points. Australia are third with 116 points.

India will thus retain the Test championship mace, which it received after defeating Sri Lanka last year in December, and will also pocket a cheque for USD175,000.

Actor Nirmal Pandey, known for his work in theatre, films and television, passed away today after a cardiac arrest.

Best remembered for his work in films like Bandit Queen and 'God Mother' and 'Iss Raat Ki Subah Nahin’, Pandey reportedly died while on his way to a hospital in Andheri around half past 2pm on Thursday.

According to family sources, he was not keeping well for some time.

He was 46 and is survived by his wife and two children.

Pandey carved a niche for himself playing negative characters on the big screen as well as on television, and his last project was the Telugu film 'Kedi', where he again played a villain.

A graduate from the National School of Drama, Nirmal Pandey was also seen in films like ‘Daayraa’, ‘Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya’, ‘Shikari’ and ‘Train to Pakistan’.

Blast rips Pune's German Bakery; 9 dead, 45 wounded

PUNE: Terror returned to haunt the country on Saturday when a bomb blast ripped through the city’s popular German Bakery, close to the Osho Ashram and diagonally across from the Jewish Chabad House, recced by 26/11 suspect David Coleman Headley, killing at least nine people, four of them foreigners, all women.

Mahashivratri 2010 falling on Friday 12th February is one of the major festivals for lord Shiva devotees that spend the day and night fasting and chanting mantras to please “bholey nath”. Every year mahashivratri is celebrated on the 14th day of the Phalgun month of the Hindu calendar which falls somewhere in the month of Feb-March.

Mahashivratri 2010 is being celebrated all over India. Devotees of Lord Shiva will performa puja for Mahashivratri 2010. Mahashivratri 2010 festival has great signifcance especially for Hindu in India.

There are different mahashivrati story and mahashivrtri legends suggesting the reason behind the selection of this day as the mahashivratri day. So on the auspicious occasion of Mahashivratri

here are some maha shivratri story, mahashivratri wallpapers websites, shivaratri SMS which could be used by all Shankar devotees.

Mahashivaratri Story
Different group of people have different mahashivratri story but all point towards one common thing that maha shivaratri is the occasion to please the lord and seek his blessings to get all our wishes fulfilled:

· Maha shivratri Story One: Samudra Manthan
It is believed that during the churning of ocean by gods and demons a highly toxic pot of poison which could have destroyed the world. To save the masses lord Shiva consumed this poison and kept it in his throat by tying it with a serpent. The poison turned his throat blue and this is the main reason why Lord Shiva is popularly known as “Neelkantha”. One of the sages asked the disciples to keep Lord shiva awake whole night so that he is not impacted by the poison. Keep the same rituals in mind disciples of lord shiva still sing songs and keep vigil whole night to please the god who then showers his blessings

· Mahashivratri Story Two: Marriage Celebrations of Shiva Parvati
Sati , daughter of King Daksha was in love with Lord Shiva and considered him as her husband. King Daksha in order to discourage her daughter from marrying to such an ugly looking man surrounded by serpents and devils organized a religious ceremony and insulted Lord Shiva publicly. In anger Sati ended her life by jumping in fire knowing which Shiva started Tandav dance to destroy the world. In order to appease Shiva, sati was revived in the form of Parvati and the union of Shiva and Parvati marked Maha shivaratri celebrations

· Mahashivratri Story Two: Lubhdak Story
Once lived a tribal lubhdak a great Shiva devotee. One day he went to forrest to collect wood but lost his way. During night due to the fear of wild animals he climbed a bael tree and started chanting “om namah shivaya” and started dropping down bael leaves not realizing that there is a shivlingm located beneath the tree. Lord shiva pleased with his devotion saved his life and since then Maha shivaratri is celebrated by presenting Shiva with bael leaves besides other things

Maha shivratri Rituals
On this day devotees have to get up early in the morning, take bath and wear preferably new clothes. Then they need to go to a shiva temple and offer these 6 items to Lord Shiva as mentioned in Shiva Purana:
· bael leaves for soul purification,
· sindoor for virtue,
· fruits and rice to ask for long life and fulfillment of wishes
· incense sticks for wealth
· Diya for knowledge
· Pan patta to enjoy worldly goods

Devotees fast whole day as well as night on Mahashivratri 2010 keeping a night vigil by singing shiva bhajansMahashivratri wallpapers
Shivaratri wallpapers can be downloaded from sites dedicated to hindu religion such as
www.mahashivratri.org/
www.wallpapers.dgreetings.com/mahashivratri

Teddy Bear Day is celebrated on 10th February every year as a part of Valentine Week and celebrated as the Teddy Bear day by the love birds and teddy bear is gifted by the boyfriends to their girlfrinds. Teddy Bear is liked by the Girls and they consider Teddy bear as one of their best friend as girls consider the Diamond as their best friend
and sending their scraps to their counterparts love sms / love scraps / teddy bear scraps by orkut or facebook, Indian are sending e greeting cards, teddy bear gifts, valentine week messages etc to their dearest.

Here are some good Chocolate Day SMS, that you can use for Teddy Bear Day.

A Cute Teddy Bear,
To My Cute Friend,
On A Cute Occasions,
Just To Say,
Happy Teddy Bear Day’

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‘Even If The Sun Refused To Shine
Even If Romance Ran Out Of Rhyme
You Would Still Have My Heart Until
The End Of TimeYou’re All
(”)…(”)
( ‘ o ‘ )
(”)–(”)
(””)-(””)
I Need, My Love
Happy Teddy Bear Day’

If I go for your lips, will u kiss me ?
If I capture ur heart , will u love me ??
__________________________

All I wanted was sum1 2 care 4 me
All I wanted was sum1 who’d b there 4 me
All I ever wanted was sum1 who’d b true
All I ever wanted was sum1 like U…
__________________________

As days go by, my feelings get stronger,
To be in ur arms, I can’t wait any longer.
Look into my eyes & u’ll see that it’s true,
Day & Night my thoughts r of U..
__________________________

What greater thing is there for two human souls that
to feel that they are joined…
to strengthen each other…
to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
Let us make memories of a lifetime
__________________________

I have a heart n that is true,
But now it has
gone from me to u,
So care for it just like i do,
B’COZ i have no
heart n u have two.

__________________________

f Roses were Black and violets were brown,
my love for you would never be found
but roses r red and violets are blue,
all I want to say is I LUV U!

“Happy Propose Day”
__________________________

The sweetest way to propose:
“Excuse me, do you have a band aid,
because i scrapped my knee
when i fell in love with you.”
Cho Chweet.. “Happy Propose Day”

4.4 Steyn to Sehwag, out Caught by Smith!! Steyn gets the big shark now! tempts Sehwag with a wide, full delivery, Sehwag could not resist, flashed at it, the edge flew to Smith at 1st slip, he has bucket like hands, he gobbled that up, no trouble at all, Smith and SA go wild, Steyn is the man again and India are in the pitts now! Sehwag c Smith b Steyn 16(19) <4s-4>

Islamabad : The Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) held a conference of extremist groups at Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to express "solidarity" on the Kashmir issue. The latest development yet again proved that anti-India activities are still going on in Pakistani soil.

It was the first-ever major conference of jihadi elements after 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The 'Yakjaiti-e-Kashmir' (Kashmir Solidarity) conference was organised by JuD, which is said to be front organisation of banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).

The militants leaders reportedly agreed to support the jihadi cause in Kashmir. They also concluded that any dialogue with the Indian government on Kashmir issue would be futile and jihad is the only option left to attain freedom, sources said.